Configuring, deploying, and operating applications for structured communications within observation platforms

A non-transitory computer-usable storage medium having instructions embodied therein that when executed cause a computer system to perform a method of managing structured communications within an observation platform, the method comprising:

• responsive to a request interaction, setting up, by the computer system, an action request regarding a structured communication in the observation platform;
• analyzing, by the computer system, the action request with respect to a programmable policy of the observation platform and applications installed on the observation platform;
• analyzing, by the computer system, the action request with respect to context in the observation platform, where the context is one of user context in the observation platform and device context in the observation platform;
• analyzing, by the computer system, the action request with respect to status in the observation platform, where the status is one of user status in the observation platform and device status in the observation platform;
• and
• moderating, by the computer system, an action in the observation platform with respect to the structured communication based on results of the policy, context, and status analyses.

An observation platform comprising:

• a computer system;
• a first communication device associated with a first user;
• a second communication device associated with and communicatively coupled with the computer system;
• and
• a plurality of additional communication devices, where each of the plurality of additional communication devices is associated with a different user of a plurality of additional users;
• and
• wherein the computer system is configured to communicate with the first communication device and the plurality of additional communication devices via the second communication device and is further configured to:
• responsive to a request interaction, set up an action request regarding a structured communication in the observation platform;
• analyze the action request with respect to a programmable policy of the observation platform and applications installed on the observation platform;
• analyze the action request with respect to context in the observation platform, where the context is one of user context in the observation platform and device context in the observation platform;
• analyze the action request with respect to status in the observation platform, where the status is one of user status in the observation platform and device status in the observation platform;
• and
• moderate an action in the observation platform with respect to the structured communication based on results of the policy, context, and status analyses.